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101
County Borough of Croydon
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER
For the Year ending December 31st, 1951.
To the Chairman and Members of the Education Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present for your consideration the
Annual Report of the School Medical Officer for the year ending
December 31st, 1951.
The work of the service has continued without any major
change. Routine medical inspections of the three statutory and
one additional age groups covered over one-third of the total
school population. These examinations are unique in the facility
afforded for reviewing a large and representative sample of the
child population. The percentage of parents attending with the
younger age groups remains consistently high. A defect of
routine school medical examinations lies in the unavoidable lack
of knowledge by the school doctor of the home background. This
is remedied to large extent by the School Nurse being also the
district Health Visitor.
In addition, every effort is made to have the same Doctor and
Health Visitor team serving the Infant Welfare Centre and the
schools. A second defect is the division of medical advice between